Earlier in the day, Leah Janke scored three goals and Cal State Northridge stopped a late UC Santa Barbara rally to record an 8-7 victory over the Gauchos in a battle of first place teams in the Big West Conference at Matador Pool.

The Matadors held a sizable 8-4 lead with 7:45 to play, but the Gauchos scored three straight goals to make it 8-7 with 1:53 on the clock.

Janke scored two of her first three goals in the first period.

Cal State Northridge outscored the Gauchos, 2-0, in the second period thanks to goals by Janke and Whitney Delgado to take a 5-3 halftime lead.